On 31/08/2016 19:12, Stephen wrote:
Hello,

How anal do I need to be when making a partition wall and using a
spirit level?

Not massively. If it looks right, then it is right ;-)

I stripped some plasterboard off an existing wall, but notice that
when I put a spirit level against the studs, the bubble is within the
centre but touching the line on one side. (I have turned the level
around to check it is not the level).

If I am building a stud wall from scratch, then I avoid driving the
nails holding the foot or head plate in place fully home until after its
fully built (but not clad). That way you can pull the nails out enough,
and tap the base or head of the wall over a bit with a large hammer
should you need to.

I tried to google what the lines on the spirit level mean, and I can't
find a definite answer, but one that sounded right is that you should
slope gutters with the bubble touching one line to give the correct
fall. I think it said this was 2% but for a 2.4m high wall, that would
mean the bottom would be almost 5cm out from the top!

I don't think I noticed the wall being that angled before but may be
the plaster hid some of it? I am hoping to tile the wall, so I am
concerned any deviation from true might be more apparent when the wall
is covered in tiles.

The wall itself will not show a problem, but a corner may. The trick
with tiles is to position them such that you don't get narrow strips of
tile running into a corner - since those will show any error in the
plumb of the wall far more than half or fuller tiles.

Does the bubble have to be absolutely dead centre or am I trying to
hard. What are the accepted tolerances?




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Cheers,

John.

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